Semitic religion has become the antithesis of progress

Human progress is being stifled by Semitic religions. For many centuries Judaism, Islam and Christianity have been a cornerstone of society and have contributed to much of our current knowledge. Religion inspired many great thinkers to expand the vault of human thought to bring us to the brink of a consensual understanding on the question of existence.

At some point in history the theories of science and Testaments differed so broadly that there was a split, and that's exactly where we stand today. Ideally the Testaments would be living documents that are updated to reflect human advances. Unfortunately these documents are immune to modification because of the belief they are the word of a single deity and his son. Now we are left with two contradictory schools of thought.

The ramifications of this split are obvious. There are a group of people that believe in changing their opinions as knowledge becomes available and another group of people that believe what is right is always right.

It's this second group that is impeding us from progressive thought. These people create wars, internal conflicts, disparities in wealth and suspicion to further their agenda of power and control. We would be richer without this philosophy masquerading as capitalism driving our society. The rewards of a consensual understanding of existence could be great, they could also be devastating. Don't we all need to question our existence without the cloud of religion distorting our view?